Life with my 11 wonderful children.My youngest daughter Ruby is blessed with Down Syndrome.

Wednesday, January 28, 2009

I have to share this

I have to share this,I was so excited!I put Ruby down to look at her gym so I get get a few things done and a few minutes later my 7 yr.old daughter came running to get me and said,"Ruby reached up and grabbed the toy!" I went to look and sure enough she had reached up and grabbed the toy above her head and was swinging it.She let go while I was standing there and reached up and grabbed it again! Of course I took some pics. and here they are. Yeehaw! :)I can't wait to tell the PT tomorrow at Ruby's appointment.

I just found your blog. Looks like we have similar taste in music and books :-) My older kids are the best cheerleaders for my little John Michael, whenever he reaches a milestone. Our kids w/ Ds are so fortunate to have many siblings to look up to and learn from. Ruby is beautiful.

My Family

Psalm 139:13-16

13 For thou hast possessed my reins:thou hast covered me in my mother's womb.14 I will praise thee;for I am fearfully and wonderfully made:marvellous are thy works;and that my soul knoweth right well.15 My substance was not hid from thee,when I was made in secret,and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.16 Thine eyes did see my substance,yet being unperfect;and in thy book all my members were written,which in continuance were fashioned,when as yet there was none of them.

Trouble

" Trouble is a strange thing.It arrives in dark robes of despair and uncertainty,and not until it is already behind us do we recognize that our unwelcome intruder has been God's love and mercy in disguise.How often the Lord uses difficulty to give us"the best" in place of "the good."Jessie Rice Sandberg

Butterfly

"Anyway, there is a place, and I'm sure it is different for every parent, where your idea of your child having Down syndrome becomes released from those fears and your child is more beautiful than you ever imagined -- like a butterfly."MOM LOOK! I'm flapping my wings like a butterfly!"♥Lianna